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Page 22 THE HERALD Wednesday Fetniarv 8 1989 Pee wee Bs bow out to Milton The Georgetown Ma jor B Peewees bowed out of their OMHA playoff series with Milton but not before the team gave their opponents a bloody nose in game three In that game on Miltons own home leg jumped into an early lead and never looked back for a victory As with most games this season Georgetown is a different team when they score the first goal Ryan Hay did just that With 219 Old time hockey at Gardens where did you get those skates Kenny asked as I plunk ed down a pair of goalie blades A garage sale I bet Yep a garage sale for sure Kenny ex claimed his eight year old face fairly beaming with a broad smile of- big teeth with freckled cheeks and sparkling eyes all topped by a tuft of strawcolored pair peeking out from his touque My son now six was silently holding and admiring his own new skates his very first pair A garage sale right Kenny yelled as he excitedly pulled on his own nice pair of Bauers No no Kenny I got these goaltender skates brandnew They just look old because of all the great saves I used to make back when I played hockey back when my knees were a little younger Each mark each scratch you see on these skates well each one was from a save some great saves for sure I mean what was I supposed to tell the boy Was I obliged to in form him that the only reason I played goal was because I was always such a miserable skater At least in net I could hold myself up by leaning back onto the cages crossbar and after a warmup skate hardly anybody noticed that I could only turn to my left I never could get that left leg to com fortably cross over the right so navigating to my starboard side on ice was kind of like sailing a craft into a stiff wind slow and take what you get Ah cmon Kenny pressed on You werent never a goalie Before I answered I asked bow his new firstdonned skate felt Fine Dad It seems tight though Skates were supposed to feel a bit tight Youll see Okay this if your helmet You need this foi your bead and the mask goes witt it Here lets get the other skate on No Dad Im going to try this one skate first Its my first time you know Let me just try one skate first And all things considered this seemed to make sense as I watch ed skate boot skate boot skate boot right across the natural rink that had formed in our backyard we had finally found something useful about that pro blematic pond that always col lected in spring and fall alongside the back deck Freshly but fully- frozen it became our very own Speyside Gardens big enough to play host to a game of hockey and to memories of a bygone era you werent never a goalie Kenny repeated Hey Kenny I said firmly Do you know anyone named Kenny Sproule or Darrell Westwood or or Dave Reynolds or Art asked trying to remember anyone who scored three or more goals on a single shift against me during my goalie daze Do you know Don Williams Ron Larry Schertil Al Stud- Frank Valk or anyone nam ed Charlie Especially Charlie do you know anyone named No Kenny said Goodl Then I was a goalie Kenny lets play hockey I was amazed at bow quickly Lennon established his balance this being his first time and all bu he had a good teacher Jus try to walk at first Len Kenny said Then push off a bit and there were tumbles to be sure but before you knew it we were ready for hockey Lennon tiring a bit now and in fine family tradition opted for net Put the toboggan on its side Lennon Thats your net okay Its you and Kenny against me My net is the whole other side of the rink I said smugly Im Montreal Youre Toronto Aw Lennon objected Maple Losers thats what we call em at school I dont want to be the Maple Losers Not nice Lennon But remember who bought this puck and your skates youre Toron to and I tossed the sponge play- puck on the ice and the game was underway Back and forth and on and on we went Young Kenny was an unex pectedly accomplished skater and Lennon tended his net well again in fine Landry tradition It was Toronto Montreal 8 game up to when I retrieved the puck in my own end and sudden ly over two decades of time melted melted away for I wasnt a struggling skater at all I was Henri Richard No Mon treal Canadiens with the puck Look at Henri go circling circling oh how he can turn to his left I imagined Danny Gallivan exclaiming And suddenly it wasnt the cold Speyside wind in my ears making that roar but instead it was the crowd the crowd of the Montreal Forum packed to capacity and those werent little rough edges in the natural ice that Henri was avoiding Richard gets around Horton and Allan Stanley misses him Richard Is in all alone I And suddenly it wasnt Lennon protecting a toboggan his face a picture of tongueprotruding pure joy no it was that smiling robotic mask that image of Terry Sawchuk guarding his domain I aimed the little sponge disc for an unprotected corner of the tobog gan net and Lennon Sawchuk stuck out a skate Great save Sawchuk I would have exclaimed Kenny scooped up the loose puck and blasted it into the Montreal net Armstrong scores George Armstrong scores for the Maple Leafs And they win Armstrong is being mobbed by his team Keon Ellis Kelly stemkowski Shack Baun Pappin Pronovost Pulford hey even Johnny Bower Theyre all mobbing George Armstrong who has scored for the Leafs What a great game Even this Montreal crowd admits it And as I watched two young boys congratulating each other on their victory in Speyside Gardens I realized that time cant erase all memories Henri Richard always had trouble against Terry Sawchuk and the rest of the Toron to Maple Leafs but boy could he ever biro to his left SHORELINES The Metro East Trade Center in Pickering Highway and Brock Road boats the Ontario Pishing and Sportsmens Show Feb 2225 Dont you dare miss it Call for information ON THE HORIZON Another angling adventure we hope- See you in two weeks remaining in the first period he and Shannon Morris broke in on a twoonone Hay took it himself and fired a backhand shot high into the top comer of the net Then only 36 seconds later Matt Anderson and Andrew Marshall engineered another twoonone Anderson took the shot and Marshall slipped the rebound under the goaltender to make it 20 Ken Brown earned an assist on the first goal and Michael on the second With pro viding solid goaltending for Weldwood despite playing with a stick borrowed from the Milton team the team continued their op portunistic play in the second period Half way into the period Jeremiah dug the puck out of the corner to Jason shot was stopped but Keith Tipped pounced on the re bound to make it 30 A few minutes later Georgetown scored two goals in the space of on ly six seconds to really confound their opposition First took a shot which rebounded to Charlie Snook who put it away Then Hay got his second of the day on a nice solo effort which he capped with a low shot to the corner It was 50 after two periods In the third period Weldwood played a more defensiveminded game and Milton was able to notch two markers but it was not enough Final score was Defensively Brown led the team in takeouts with five Michael Bahr and Derek blocked shots and stopped 37 shots on goal This neat aitspin doesnt appear to be dizzying to 12yearold Carrie or the Georgetown Figure Skating Club she practises her routine at a recent club training session Club skaters are currently in training for late season competition Herald photo WHERES THE PUCK YOU COULD WIN A DINNER FOR TWO Courtesy of TIMEOUT Simply circle one selection no more than V diameter where you think the puck is located Deadline for entries Mondays at Noon Name Address Phone Send or bring your entry to The Herald St Georgetown a place- fan quad 360 Guelph Street Georgetown Corner ol Dalrex Blvd a Hwy PLAY NIGHTSIDE ADULT TRIVIA Wednesday 830 pm Thurs Frl 1035 pm